Improvement in bobbin-winders for sewing-machines



W. L. FISH. BoBBm-wrN-nms FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

' Patented Feb. 6

N.PE[ERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WARREN L. FISH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT lN BOBBlN-WINDERS FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,000, dated February6, 1877 application filed October 516, 1876.

To all whom at may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN L. FISH, of the city of Newark, in the countyof Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sewing- Machines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is an attachment for sewingmachines, wherebythe bobbins may be wound without operating the drivingshaft of themachine.

In the drawing, Figure l is a sectional plan; Fig. 2, a side view,showing the attachment applied to the leg of a sewing-machine; and Fig.3 is a plan showing an attachment.

A is a metallic frame, provided with a lip, m, and a plate, g, securedby a screw-bolt, arranged as shown, so as to give bearings on both sidesof the legs or frame X of the sewing machine to which the device isapplied. Where the frame X has a cross-piece, a, an extension, 11., ofthe frame A has a bearing thereon, as shown. To the frame are hung thedriving-wheel B and grooved pulleys G d, and from one end of the frameextends an arm, 1), having at its end a socket, t. The frame carries aswinging bracket, I, having bearings for the bobbin-winding shaft a,carrying the pulley (t. driven from the driving-shaft of thesewingmachine, which is, as is well known, very objectionable. Bypassing a hand, I), from the pulley d to the pulley a, of thewinding-shaft, the latter can be driven by revolving the driver B, thebracket I resting on the socket i of the arm 9, whereby it is sustainedin its proper position, thnsovercoming the objection before alluded to.When the frame A is to be applied or removed the plate g is loosened byturning the screw 1, and is then secured so as to clamp to or afford abearing on the leg. For a machine provided with a bracket, I, the arm 19serves as a bracket-support.

I claim- The within-described bobbin-winding attachment, consisting ofthe frame A, its socketed arm 0, drivingwheels and pulleysB C 01,combined with the bracket I, and with devices for securing theattachment to the leg of a sewing-machine, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

.WARREN L. FISH. Witnesses:

OLIVER DRAKE, A. D. WAGNER.

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